Effects of war on refugee and non-refugee children from Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-114

  Herceg, Marko ^a,c   Melamed, Barbara G ^a   Pregrad, Jasenka ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Society for Psychological Assistance   (Croatia)

^c YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child, behavior; Displacement (psychology); Psychological tests; Refugees; Stressful events; War

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD; WAR; WELLBEING; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0029946978     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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